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Bellerophon havliceki

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon havliceki was named by Horný (1963). It is not extant. Its type locality is Encrinurus beaumonti bed, Amerika, which is in a Gorstian carbonate limestone in the Kopanina Formation of the Czech Republic.

It was recombined as Prosoptychus havliceki by Kurushin (1986).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Bellerophon havliceki Horný
1986Prosoptychus havliceki Kurushin p. 99
2023Bellerophon havliceki Wagner p. 152

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyBellerophontinae
genusBellerophon
specieshavlicekiHorný 1963

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Bellerophon havliceki Horný 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: slow-movingg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:42:55
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:36:33
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Gorstian or 427.40000 to 425.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic (Bohemia) Bellerophon havliceki (type locality: 103536)